PAINT NATCHEZ PINK: Balloons, music and color pink takeover Natchez bluff Thursday
Published 9:42 am Monday, October 21, 2024
Mayor Dan Gibson presents the official proclamation declaring Thursday, Oct. 17, as “Paint Natchez Pink Day.” (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)
A spray of Pink for Paint Natchez Pink Day on the Bluff. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)
A spray of Pink for Paint Natchez Pink Day on the Bluff. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)
Thursday evening’s Live@5 on the bluff also spread Breast Cancer Awareness with the help of Merit Health Natchez. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)
Kaylee Butler, Will Heckard III and Latham Heckard (7 months old) sit in the giant pink chair during Thursday’s Live@5 and Breast Cancer Awareness activities. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)
Hope McJimsey and Paisley McJimsey (15 months old) sit in the giant pink chair during Thursday’s Live@5 and Breast Cancer Awareness activities. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)
The Natchez Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. trades their red for pink Thursday during the activities on the bluff. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)
Thursday evening’s Live@5 on the bluff also spread Breast Cancer Awareness with the help of Merit Health Natchez. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)
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NATCHEZ — Thursday evening’s Live@5 on the Natchez bluff also marked the beginning of the Natchez Balloon Festival while spreading Breast Cancer Awareness with the help of Merit Health Natchez.
“Heroes,” breast cancer survivors in the crowd were invited by Natchez Mayor Dan Gibson to stand on the bluff’s bandstand for the reading of the official proclamation to declare Thursday, Oct. 17, as “Paint Natchez Pink Day.”
“I am inspired by the heroes standing here,” Gibson said, noting those who’ve raised awareness including Monica Smith who last week spread awareness and raised funds with the 10th annual Monica’s Hope Cancer Awareness Walk.
“We are so grateful to celebrate those in our community who have survived cancer, those who’ve raised thousands and thousands of dollars to fight cancer and those who — even in our midst now, myself included — have lost loved ones to cancer. I truly believe there is no one here who has not been affected by this horrible disease. But hope is alive and that is this; that we are finding a cure,” Gibson said.
The evening continued with a balloon glow during Live@Five’s live music performance on the bluff.
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